Published: Monday, April 2, 2012 at 6:03 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 11:35 a.m.

SCHRIEVER — Ali Blaisdell's family has a plate with her face on it. The picture was taken when she was younger and had curly hair. Blaisdell's cousin, Hunter Pere, said loved ones often used it to playfully annoy her.

Family would teasingly say “eat off your plate,” said Pere, 19.

Blaisdell, a senior at Terrebonne High, was killed in a Sunday wreck on La. 1 in Port Fourchon along with Taylor Caro, 19.

Caro, behind the wheel of his Lexus 300, ran a stop sign at La. 3090 and smashed into an 18-wheeler driven by Luis Contreras, 68, of Amelia, State Police said.

It is unknown if Caro was drunk at the time of the crash. Tests showed that Contreras was not intoxicated, State Police Trooper Evan Harrell said.

Blood alcohol tests, required by state law in all fatal crashes, are pending on Caro. Those results should be available next week, Harrell said.

Lafourche Coroner's Chief Investigator Mark Goldman said the pair died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in the crash.

According to both families, Blaisdell and Caro went to Grand Isle Saturday night with a group of teens. They were on their way to get breakfast when they crashed, family said.

Blaisdell got into Caro's car as the group was leaving, family said.

Rachel Landry, Blaisdell's mother, said she saw her daughter on Saturday when she arrived at their Houma home to pick up dinner prior to traveling to Grand Isle.

Pere said he also was at Grand Isle on Saturday as well, and had offered to drive Blaisdell home about 10 p.m.

“She said ‘I love you. We'll get food later,' ” Pere said of their final conversation.

Blaisdell attended Vandebilt Catholic through her junior year, when she switched schools because of moving, Hunter Pere said. She was a Vandebilt cheerleader and was on the honor roll at Terrebonne High, Landry said.

“Now she's not going to graduate. She'll never see the stage,” Landry, 43, said.

Landry said her daughter had been accepted to LSU and UNO and had chosen to go to UNO. She planned to become a dentist.

“She had just made up her mind,” Landry said. “That kid always knew what she was going to do in life.”

Blaisdell lived in Atlanta as a child, and family said she modeled and did several TV commercials during a time there. She even ended up filming a music video for rapper T.I., a role she landed after the artist's girlfriend heard her sing.

She had a beautiful voice, but as a teen “she would not sing at all,” Landry said, except for in the shower and occasionally at church.

Caro played baseball during his first three years at Terrebonne High. He was a hard worker, said Jamie Delahoussaye, an assistant coach at Terrebonne.

“He was a fun kid to be around. He was always able to make people laugh,” Delahoussaye said.

Jerry Caro, Taylor's grandfather, said his grandson graduated in 2010 and was working offshore. He was often gone for a month at a time, Jerry Caro said.

“I tried to encourage him to go to school, but he said burned out on school. He wanted to make money first and then maybe go back,” Jerry Caro said.

Blaisdell's family said Blaisdell and Gabrielle Hebert were good friends. Hebert was one of four Vandebilt students who died when their pickup flipped into the St. Louis Canal off La. 182 in September 2010 as they returned from an LSU game in Baton Rouge.

Pere was friends with T.J. Cantrelle, who also died in the wreck.

He said Blaisdell was in Baton Rouge with the four teens the night of the wreck. She opted to ride with other friends for the trip back to Houma, Pere said.

“When I woke up and my mom told me, it was like déjà vu,” Pere said of finding out about his cousin's death.

Staff Writer Eric Heisig can be reached at 857-2202 or eric.heisig@houmatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter @HeisigHCDC.

<p>SCHRIEVER — Ali Blaisdell's family has a plate with her face on it. The picture was taken when she was younger and had curly hair. Blaisdell's cousin, Hunter Pere, said loved ones often used it to playfully annoy her.</p><p>Family would teasingly say “eat off your plate,” said Pere, 19.</p><p>Blaisdell, a senior at Terrebonne High, was killed in a Sunday wreck on La. 1 in Port Fourchon along with Taylor Caro, 19. </p><p>Caro, behind the wheel of his Lexus 300, ran a stop sign at La. 3090 and smashed into an 18-wheeler driven by Luis Contreras, 68, of Amelia, State Police said.</p><p>It is unknown if Caro was drunk at the time of the crash. Tests showed that Contreras was not intoxicated, State Police Trooper Evan Harrell said.</p><p>Blood alcohol tests, required by state law in all fatal crashes, are pending on Caro. Those results should be available next week, Harrell said.</p><p>Lafourche Coroner's Chief Investigator Mark Goldman said the pair died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in the crash.</p><p>According to both families, Blaisdell and Caro went to Grand Isle Saturday night with a group of teens. They were on their way to get breakfast when they crashed, family said.</p><p>Blaisdell got into Caro's car as the group was leaving, family said.</p><p>Rachel Landry, Blaisdell's mother, said she saw her daughter on Saturday when she arrived at their Houma home to pick up dinner prior to traveling to Grand Isle.</p><p>Pere said he also was at Grand Isle on Saturday as well, and had offered to drive Blaisdell home about 10 p.m.</p><p>“She said 'I love you. We'll get food later,' ” Pere said of their final conversation.</p><p>Blaisdell attended Vandebilt Catholic through her junior year, when she switched schools because of moving, Hunter Pere said. She was a Vandebilt cheerleader and was on the honor roll at Terrebonne High, Landry said.</p><p>“Now she's not going to graduate. She'll never see the stage,” Landry, 43, said.</p><p>Landry said her daughter had been accepted to LSU and UNO and had chosen to go to UNO. She planned to become a dentist.</p><p>“She had just made up her mind,” Landry said. “That kid always knew what she was going to do in life.”</p><p>Blaisdell lived in Atlanta as a child, and family said she modeled and did several TV commercials during a time there. She even ended up filming a music video for rapper T.I., a role she landed after the artist's girlfriend heard her sing.</p><p>She had a beautiful voice, but as a teen “she would not sing at all,” Landry said, except for in the shower and occasionally at church.</p><p>Caro played baseball during his first three years at Terrebonne High. He was a hard worker, said Jamie Delahoussaye, an assistant coach at Terrebonne.</p><p>“He was a fun kid to be around. He was always able to make people laugh,” Delahoussaye said.</p><p>Jerry Caro, Taylor's grandfather, said his grandson graduated in 2010 and was working offshore. He was often gone for a month at a time, Jerry Caro said.</p><p>“I tried to encourage him to go to school, but he said burned out on school. He wanted to make money first and then maybe go back,” Jerry Caro said.</p><p>Blaisdell's family said Blaisdell and Gabrielle Hebert were good friends. Hebert was one of four Vandebilt students who died when their pickup flipped into the St. Louis Canal off La. 182 in September 2010 as they returned from an LSU game in Baton Rouge.</p><p>Pere was friends with T.J. Cantrelle, who also died in the wreck.</p><p>He said Blaisdell was in Baton Rouge with the four teens the night of the wreck. She opted to ride with other friends for the trip back to Houma, Pere said.</p><p>“When I woke up and my mom told me, it was like déjà vu,” Pere said of finding out about his cousin's death.</p><p><i>Staff Writer Eric Heisig can be reached at 857-2202 or eric.heisig@houmatoday.com. Follow him on Twitter @HeisigHCDC.</i></p>